† bly Obs. exc. dial.
Also 7 blye.
[Still common in eastern and S.E. dial.: perh. a variant of blee; though the phonetic relation is not clear.]
‘Likeness, resemblance’ (Halliw.), look, aspect, species, character.
| 1615 W. Hull Mirr. Maiestie 81 The indignities which the tumultuous Iewes wrought against our Lord were of this blye. 1847–78 in Halliwell (as Eastern). 1875 Parrish Sussex Dial. 19, I see a bly of your father about you. |